Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-29

between AttIeboro jewelry and that sold
by the reputable house of Bail & Black,
and so with wearing apparel. Your frat
class tailor will put the right kind OF
goods into s garment, but the enterpris-
ing firm that catches good location 81 q
the great windows get Just about the
same shape Into a suit of clothes.
And as ct g full dress party it is easy 70
mistake one OF the walters for the host,
the uainitiated msy easily argue
:.roundet" polished gentleman, whereas
the truth il that he hiss lust hit 2 COmbi-
nation en- the horses and purchased the
'iTi1ger" fcr tine suit OF clothes.
Ard our old friend stared in astonish-
ment. "R,zZle. dsZzle," lie repeated, and
u once an idea struck him that in lieu OF
the search for the billiard Players secret
he would lake up the history Of this new
word.
Snugly enscCnsed in his iibral7, sur
rounded by ell the authorizes, he deIged
il v2ip, aud when the day broke he had
fallen asleep II MS chair completely Cx-
na1stsd.
And as he fell asleep the thin lips nut
must oe Sarscrtt."
The afternoon before tie conversation
had been thus pursued: "You won ':
stand tbe szzle-dszzle, eh?n oatd g sec
Ond party CT thc group" '2ld th&t's
whare you sao7 yourSei! & fee gay"
~ told Jimmy thar gen we're himfAm-
mer yourself" broke N third, "ard
wouldn't st2Gd nothing, but since yoU'7c
got on that Prince Albert, wait ;
necktie aud patent leather, you are like
| ~ to be taken for "a square bIoko'
''Yar csn bet ger ite," arsTarod the
first speaker, as lie set ais hst aslSEt in
the fashion commonly ascil5ed TO TIE
! B0wery BOY Of old, "ao gilIie can d. me,
and that ducks q msGer sUre's YOU'RE
oorn."
And they al WenE in 20 get drink q
the expense Of the young msn with ne
/ Shaefelian stroke, who fancled them the
7ely best kind Of company. TIE origin
OF this addition to the slang Of
the street is like that CT other slang eX-
pressions wholly unknown. The defiui-
tor IS best gwen es under: To razzls-
d&zzle-the employment Of means such at
L criminal might use wee he to quickly
throw the glare Of O concealed bu!ls-eye
AGlllCi u CO-l Ai4' tt-St 'FAAS N-AAS CAA+-N'~s
would become an easy victim.
Then ssaiD, the expressive COMPOUND
hss been applied to the cheap and fiery
variety Of liquids sold in the Get2stlb!,
"joints" known as 'bayTei-h0uses.
"Razzle- dazzle booze" carries is ow:
meaning with it, as auy one can testit
who hes seen 3 red-faced lOafer strug
Cling bIindlY around with 3 couple 0
f,T.ry9s ~ o - his inside
"CHEsTNUTs."
"Once upon tine tnere was g farma
lived on Staten Island who hGd & yer,
fine grove CT chestnut trees" sad tht
irformer.
"a picnic party asked his permission
% 20 there n end gather the chestauta
All right said he, but dent destroy tn
fences or iDiVre the trees"
But the parties did irJure the trees an
destroy fde fences.
Then tie party went to take anothe
drink, After which the former epeake
said. FCnce upon time there was
farmer I;.ed On Staten Island who had
very fine grove Of chestnut trees"
a picnic p6rty asked his permission t
60 therein ard gather the chestnuts.
San right" said ne, "but don't DIES
troy the fences or iniure the trees"
But the p&Ifies did niue the trees Git
destroy the fences. AID the party wen
in and hid smother drink.
The speaker commenced once more
"O1cesupon time''-when compenio
asked, "Then does that story end 2" t
receive he answer, when somebod
"drops." "And this is the origin c
'chestnuts.' Hence repetition, the re
iteration OF & subject brings forth froI
the lips OF the oppressed nearer the e.
pressive response still in the heyday c
lis existence.
GRATIS"
During the Blaine and Cleveland cam
palgn there we're g number of peopl
co1gregsted before newspaper office
this city, and the police came in pstrC
wagons aad ordered them 10 dispense.
large majority OF the officers were Irisl
men, and go the crowd yelled, "Rats, 20
terriera," as one "sics" g bull terIie
onto g rodent. Some time thereafter, {
q riot on the West Side, the phrase we
used against the officers. These instance
are believed = have caused the genert
application OF the phrase, which has bee
shortened TO simply "Rlts," pronounce
with emphasis, and used as an e1pressiC
CT contempt or disbelief.
GET FER GO, GALLAGHER"
A writer in tie New York Sun give
this version OF TIE origin OF this expire
q sion:
" Thomas j. Gallagher, the billial
u player, formerly lived in ST. Louis, al
l devoted his spsre hours TO the practice
y his profession. He often got gan
;e for money, and on one occasion en- in
Il briated friend dropped in aud bet
"coup!e Of centuries about his chsnce
:. as the reporters say. The dilatoriness
IL the player worried the hacker, and wht
: Tom kinder hung on his stroke,as thouE
"A undecided, he sang out: "Let Ter g
J. Gallagher" and the saying lived al
: thriVed.
WACO.